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Juries Showed Plaintiffs the Love Exhibits

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2009 WLNR 25737028

The RecorderRecorder

Copyright 2009 Incisive Media US Properties, LLC

December 22, 2009

Section: Court Watch

Volume 133; Issue 245

Juries Showed Plaintiffs the Love Exhibits

Ten of the year's biggest plaintiff jury verdicts in California, as reported to VerdictSearch, a Recorder affiliate. (This list doesn't take into account post-trial motions or appeals.)

Contractual fraud suit brought by a venture capital firm against the vice chairman of a credit card processing business Auerbach Acquisition Associates Inc. v. Daily Los Angeles County Superior Court

$350 million

Plaintiff firms: O'Donnell & Associates; The Keller Law Firm; Kozberg & Bodell

$50 million

False advertising class action brought by people who bought Avacor, a hair regrowth product Thomas v. Global Vision Products Inc. Alameda County Superior Court

Plaintiff firms: Law Offices of Scott A. Bursor; Bramson, Plutzik, Mahler & Birkhaeuser; Faruqi & Faruqi

$49.1 million

Single-plaintiff suit over a motor vehicle accident Bianchi v. Demma Santa Clara County Superior Court

Plaintiff firms: Malone Law Office; Scarlett Law Group

$36.3 million

Breach of contract suit brought by a maker of robotic catheter systems over licensing rights Hansen Medical Inc. v. Luna Innovations Inc. Santa Clara County Superior Court

Plaintiff firm: Morrison & Foerster

$32.4 million

Trademark and copyright case over the hosting of alleged counterfeiters' commercial Web sites Louis Vuitton Malletier S.A. v. Akanoc Solutions Inc. Northern District of California

Plaintiff firm: J. Andrew Coombs

$19.7 million

Multiple-plaintiff suit over a motor vehicle accident Gomez v. State of California Riverside County Superior Court (jury apportioned only 15 percent fault to the state, the only defendant to go to trial)

Plaintiff firm: Moreno Becerra & Casillas

$18.3 million

Single-plaintiff product liability case over a motor vehicle accident Pierson v. Ford Motor Co. Northern District of California

Plaintiff firms: The Brandi Law Firm; Doyle Restrepo Harvin & Robbins; Thorsnes Bartolotta McGuire

$17.6 million

Breach of contract suit an RV salesman brought against his former employer over unpaid commissions, among other things Trealoff v. Forest River Inc. San Bernardino County Superior Court

Plaintiff firm: Baute & Tidus

$16.3 million

Medical malpractice suit over the post-surgery morphine regimen for a patient who suffered brain damage Pritchard v. Coram Healthcare Corp. Los Angeles County Superior Court (jury also found plaintiff 5 percent liable)

Plaintiff firm: Kenneth M. Sigelman & Associates

$16.2 million

Wrongful death case over 4-year-old's drowning at summer camp Gottesman v. Cathedral Oaks Tennis, Swim and Athletic Club Santa Barbara County Superior Court

Plaintiff firm: Cappello & Noel

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COMPANY: CORAM HEALTHCARE CORP; FORD MOTOR COMPANY OF CANADA LTD; ASTON MARTIN LAGONDA LTD; FORD MOTOR CO; FOREST RIVER INC; FORD MOTOR CO AS; FORD MOTOR COMPANY (BELGIUM) SA; THORSNES BARTOLOTTA AND MCGUIRE; FORD MOTOR CO LTD; LUNA INNOVATIONS INC

NEWS SUBJECT: (Legal (1LE33); Corporate Groups & Ownership (1XO09); Business Litigation (1BU04); Business Management (1BU42); Business Lawsuits & Settlements (1BU19); Judicial (1JU36); Mergers & Acquisitions (1ME39))

REGION: (California (1CA98); North America (1NO39); Americas (1AM92); USA (1US73))

Language: EN

OTHER INDEXING: (AKANOC SOLUTIONS INC; ALAMEDA COUNTY SUPERIOR COURT THOMAS; ANGELES COUNTY SUPERIOR COURT; ATHLETIC CLUB; BERNARDINO COUNTY SUPERIOR COURT TREALOFF; BRAMSON; BRANDI LAW FIRM; CORAM HEALTHCARE CORP; COURT AUERBACH ACQUISITION ASSOCIATES INC; DONNELL ASSOCIATES; DOYLE RESTREPO HARVIN ROBBINS; FORD MOTOR CO; FOREST RIVER INC; GLOBAL VISION PRODUCTS INC; JURIES SHOWED PLAINTIFFS; KELLER LAW FIRM; LAW OFFICES; LUNA INNOVATIONS INC; MAHLER BIRKHAEUSER; MALONE LAW OFFICE; MEDICAL; PLUTZIK; RIVERSIDE COUNTY SUPERIOR COURT; RV; SANTA BARBARA COUNTY SUPERIOR COURT GOTTESMAN; SANTA CLARA COUNTY SUPERIOR COURT BIANCHI; SANTA CLARA COUNTY SUPERIOR COURT HANSEN MEDICAL INC; SCARLETT LAW GROUP; SIGELMAN ASSOCIATES; THORSNES BARTOLOTTA MCGUIRE) (Andrew Coombs; Avacor; Breach; Cathedral Oaks Tennis; Contractual; Faruqi Faruqi; J.; Kenneth M.; Kozberg Bodell; Multiple; Recorder; Scott A. Bursor; Single; Swim; Ten; Trademark; Wrongful)

KEYWORDS: Legal Professionals (Exhibits)

Word Count: 512

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